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MOUNTING TILES OR THE LIKE. No. 586,260. Patented July 13, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM H. IVINSLOW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE LUXFER PRISMPATENTS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOUNTING TILES OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,260, dated July 13,1897.

Application filed March 29, 1897. Sen'al No. 629,662. (No model.)

To G/ZZ whom it Inlay concern.-

Be it known that I, ILLIMI H. INSLOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mounting Tiles or theLike, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in m ountingtile, and by the wordtile I mean to include particularly prism lights and plates and alsoprism-tiles for vaults, ornamental glass, stained glass, and tilesproper.

It will be seen that my inventions are particularly applicable, however,to all forms of I 5 window-glass.

The invention is illustrated in the accompan ying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 is a plan view of a prism-plate composed of a series ofprism-lights mounted by means of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveof the corner-piece of the grid or net which holds the prism-lights.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is across-section through one of the prism-lights.

2 5 Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

A A are the prism-lights; B B, the prisms, projecting from the prismsides thereof.

C C are the angle ends of the corner-pieces,

0 which have each four projecting arms D D.

E E are the ribs or bead-like projections along the edges of the arms D.The cornerpieces which are used at the corners of the completed platehave, of course, but two 3 5 arms, and those used along the margin ofthe plate have but three arms.

F is the solder, whereby the opposed ends of the arms are securedtogether to complete the net or grid. The corner-pieces here shown havefour legs, but this is incidental to the fact that the tesseras aresquare. If these tesseras were hexagonal, for example, the corner-pieceswould be three-legged, and there might be other shapes of these piecesto ac- 5 commodate other forms of tessera. By the word tessera I mean toinclude not only prism-lights but all other such sections or pieces asmay be suitable for the employment of my invention. Moreover, I do notwish to give the impression that the cornerpiece should be of anyparticular size, shape,

or material. In some cases corner-pieces such as shown might be usedalong with other short connecting pieces or ties to'connect the opposedor separated legs of said corner-pieces and be interposed between thedges of the tesseras.

Some of the principal results obtained by my invention are, first, thatthe corners of the tesseras are received into What are prac- 6o ticallyequivalent to sockets, where they may be securely and firmly seated andthe danger of breakage be obviated; second, the unions of the parts ofthe grid or net are made at a distance from the corners, and hence atplaces where the strain on the grid or net is at a minimum, and, third,in soldering or otherwise attaching together the various parts of thenet or grid the danger of breaking or injuring the tesseras is obviatedto a great extent, because such operation takes place not at the cornerbut midway of the tesseras. This is particularly important in the caseof mounting prism-lights. The bead-like parts E maybe greatly reduced orwholly removed, except near the corner-plate C, and the whole when puttogether, if composed of proper material, can be subjected to myelectroglazing process to stiffen the parts and make the plate wind andwater proof. If these net parts are arranged so as to come together andbe joined at the corners, there willnecessarily be more or lessirregularity in the opposed surfaces, as in the-case of ordinary leadmounting. If continuous warps or strips running in one di- 8 5' rectionare used with transverse short pieces or ties, the difficulties incidentto the irregularities of the opposed parts will be readily seen. In mydevice these difficulties are obviated. The forms of the legs are suchthat at every joint there are two, and but two, parallel surfacesopposed to each other, so that it is much easier to solder than in thecase of such irregular surfaces.

I claim 9 1. A net orgrid for holding together prismsections so as tomake a complete prism-plate, comprising a series of corner-pieces withradiating arms I-shaped in cross-section, the ends of the arms onassociated corner-pieces 10o meeting each other at points along theedges of the prism-lights between the corners thereof, and means forconnecting such pieces to to similar arms from other corner-pieces atgether at such points. points along the sides and between the cor IO 2.A net or grid for holding prism-sections ners of such prism-lights. toether to makeacomplete prism-plate con- T i 1 v 5 si ting 0fcornenpieces with socket-like for- W ILLIAM SLOW" mations to receive thecorners of the prism- Witnesses: lights, and radiating arms whichproject be- EDWARD O. \VALLER,

tween the sectionsand meet and are secured HENRY XVALLER.

